Katie Gingerich Crow
May 17, 2009
Katie Gingerich Crow, 93, died May 17, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born March 14, 1916, on the family farm near Yoder, to Chris A. and Polly L. Wengard Miller. A lifetime resident of Reno County, she worked for the city of South Hutchinson from 1958 to 1976, and then with her family in the auction business until...
Augusta Ellen Shehorn
May 16, 2009
Augusta Ellen Shehorn, 88, died May 16, 2009, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St Joseph Campus, Wichita. She was born January 27, 1921, in Hannibal, Mo., to John and Ellen Duncan Wyatt. A resident of Wichita for 17 years, previously of Hutchinson, she was a retired cook at Hutchinson Community College. She was a member of Assembly of God,...
Junior W. "Jr" Unruh
May 15, 2009
Junior W. "JR" Unruh, 76, started his peaceful journey on May 15, 2009, at Hospice House. He was born June 3, 1932, in Durham, the son of Wesley H. and Ellen Pankratz Unruh. He graduated from Durham High School and Brown Mackie Business College in Salina. He was a grocery store manager and produce merchandiser for 40 years working at...
Jonas J. Bergkamp
May 15, 2009
ARLINGTON - Jonas J. Bergkamp, 77, died May 15, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born May 22, 1931, in Mt. Vernon, to Henry and Elizabeth Kuhl Bergkamp. He was a lifetime farmer and rancher in Reno, Kingman, Wichita and Chase Counties. He belonged to St. Teresa's Catholic Church. He was a veteran of the Korean War. On Sept....
Ruby F. Hill
May 14, 2009
Ruby F. Hill, 83, died May 14, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born July 31, 1925, in Moundridge, to Jacob R. and Ardina B. Froese Gaeddert Hill. She graduated from Inman Rural High School. She was a retired receptionist and office manager for 20 years at Horizons Mental Health Center. Ruby touched many people throughout her...
Janice "Jan" M. Roberts
May 14, 2009
Janice "Jan" M. Roberts, loving wife, mother and grandmother, 70, took the hand of Jesus and passed from this world with her loving husband and two sons at her side, May 14, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She graduated with the class of 1958, from Hutchinson High School. She was born March 17, 1939, in Hutchinson, to Wayne...
Betty June Wuthnow
May 14, 2009
Betty June (Donaghey Guthrie) Wuthnow went home to be with her Lord on Thursday May 14, 2009, after her battle with cancer. She was born in Allen, Oklahoma, June 16, 1932, to birth parents, Charles Bennett Donaghey, Sr., and Oma Elviney Shumake Donaghey and later adopted by Pauline Guthrie who have all preceded her in death. Over the years of...
Dorothy M. England
May 12, 2009
Dorothy M. England, 91, a lifelong resident of Hutchinson, passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon, May 12, 2009, at the Dillon Living Center, Hutchinson. Born June 19, 1917, in Hutchinson, Dorothy was the daughter of the late John and Lena Koch McFadden. Dorothy attended area schools and graduated from Hutchinson High School. She was united in marriage to Luther "Lute" England....
Margaret Unruh
May 10, 2009
Margaret Unruh, 100, died May 10, 2009, at Good Samaritan Society, Hutchinson Village. She was born May 17, 1908, in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada to Aaron A. and Katherina Well Friesen. On October 22, 1926, she married Julius Unruh in McPherson. He died November 6, 1975. A resident of Hutchinson since 1956, she was a homemaker. She was a member of...
Chance Tyler Ramsey
May 9, 2009
NICKERSON - Chance Tyler Ramsey, 20, died Saturday, May 9, 2009. He was born April 27, 1989, the son of Jake Ramsey and Diana Leftwich Ramsey. He was a horse trainer and a Graduate of Nickerson High School, 2008. He had attended Pratt Community College. He was a member of Kansas State High School Rodeo Association and U.S. Team Ropers...
Ruth Stratton
May 9, 2009
Ruth Stratton, 85, died May 9, 2009, at Thorne Care Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 11, 1923, in Skiatook, Okla., the daughter of John and Blanche Symonds Davis. A resident of Hutchinson since 1944, she had been a supervisor of the housekeeping department at Hutchinson Hospital for 18 years, retiring in 1979. She belonged to Carey's Monday Night Hamburger...
Don G. Fox
May 9, 2009
Don G. Fox, 81, died May 9, 2009, at the Promise Regional Medical Center, ER, Hutchinson. He was born Sept. 13, 1927, in Maples, Mo., the son of Milton and Florence Mae Edwards Fox. A resident of Hutchinson since 1989, a former longtime resident of Chase, he was an independent oil operator. On Jan. 3, 1948, he married Nina Pearl...
Caroline L. Atkinson
May 8, 2009
Caroline L. Atkinson, 89, died May 8, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center, Hutchinson. She was born Sept. 7, 1919, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Bert and Maggie Mae Brownlee Puckett. She married Wayne A. Stevenson. They later divorced. On May 7, 1966, she married Rod Atkinson. He died July 7, 1979. Survivors include: son, Bert Stevenson and wife, Donna, Goodyear,...
Maxine A. Morgan
May 7, 2009
Maxine "Maxie" Alice Forby Morgan passed away May 7, 2009, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. She was born June 24, 1915, to Charles and Lillian Forby in Hutchinson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1933, and attended Hutchinson Community College. Maxine was the Treasurer of Valley Federal Savings and Loan for 31 years and retired from there in 1972....
Anna Marie Zimmerman
May 6, 2009
NICKERSON - Anna Marie Zimmerman, 73, died May 6, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born June 20, 1935, in Wellington, Mo., to Loren and Pearl Louise Hawk Dorland. She loved to read the Bible and pray for everyone. She also loved the farm life, horses, and planting flowers. Anna Marie loved her family, and above all,...
William A. "Bill" Mesh
May 5, 2009
William A. "Bill" Mesh, 84, died May 5, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, ICU. He was born Nov. 7, 1924, in Kansas City, to John A. and M. Louise Strotgen Mesh. He graduated in 1941 from Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City, in 1943 from Finlay Engineering College, in 1953 from Wichita University, with a degree in accounting. He...
Harold M. Funston
May 5, 2009
Harold Morris Funston, 91, died May 5, 2009, at Golden Plains Health Care Center, Hutchinson. He was born Feb. 6, 1918, the son of Elmer Morris and Grace Bell Slifer Funston. He graduated from Abilene High School in 1937. He was a shipping and receiving manager for Montgomery Ward and Sears in Abilene, retiring in 1983. He was a member...
Iris R. Decker
May 5, 2009
Iris R. Decker, 88, died May 5, 2009, at Harry Hynes Hospice, Via Christi St. Francis Campus, Wichita. She was born June 14, 1920, in Goddard, the daughter of Lloyd V. and Esther Mansfield Decker. She graduated from Goddard High School and Kansas State Teachers College, now Emporia State University, in Emporia. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was an...
Chuck Frankenfeld
May 5, 2009
Chuck Frankenfeld, 68, died May 5, 2009, at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. He was born June 27, 1940, in Manhattan, to Justus Carl and Margaret W. Weege Frankenfeld. He graduated from Shawnee Mission High School in 1958, received his degree in Sociology from Kansas State University in 1962, and his Masters in Social Work from the University of Kansas...
Carol J. Howard
May 5, 2009
Carol J. Howard, 73, died May 5, 2009, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. She was born July 14, 1935, in Abbyville, the daughter of Carl B. and Josephine Horton Rank. She attended Abbyville schools and graduated in 1952 from Arlington High School. A lifelong Reno County resident, she was a homemaker. On Sept. 26, 1953, she married Audie Howard in Hutchinson....
